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Vll6 PRINCIP/IL OFFICERS of His MA oßD.v.i.vc'E do hereby give Notice : 0 1 ,P6rop.osols will be receired. at their Office, in a 4 ,, b fr edflPsiltnt the IRth (hut of Felirnary neal,fi'aill LIN s " as ;Ila n be to undertake the Supply , :l" ' 4:11 01 L and TURPENTINE, lor Serene of th . ,fhe p -e4t, .11)r a period of )ti Years, determinable aft , .Itt?l7 'l"t ion nf the firs.' Year, pOn ef three Months, " ''°l4l.( ht of Pciri • 14,,.: 4. ? 4 1 . "'f the .4i - licles rear/ he viewed upon appf.reton at p,;.; StG; e h ecoe) :' s Office in the Tower,•and it is e - .. • (-4(l ' ; l4cr ' ' 411 Tewb do express one ,r , ice only for the Oil, ' ricutaPN,tiretrin the law or boiled state ; marl farther Par reArp:' t_o:2'ret;ier with the Terms and Conditions. p the Intl 4 " f ' ,hoo be kti.or , ht at the Secretary's Office, tn a 'testid „) , Day between the hours. of Ten and t be delivered, 'kited der where: the ,Proposals_ maw 41) ' a' ''indorsed " Proposals for Oil 'and Tuipen : rl 6 "7 op 7 4) Proposal ran be atlinitted after the Said ISt!. ''6ruorN, at Twelve o'Clnei at Noon of the same day, any Tender be noticed, u nt e; o s th e Party making ) Azent in his behalf, shalt attend. • By Orderof the Board, R. 11. C Pr. Cerrt.`tt—t. ANTI-MONOPOLY COMMITTEE, . Crown and . Anchor l'irve,rn, Strand. THE PETITION to HOUSI. , ; or COM MONS, for the• Restoration to the Ptiblie of tint Right a 1 , 111 4 :F. 'MADE and to the Victualler the Protecti n and Ciorernownt if LAWS, instead of the WILLS of . Individuals, lies for Signature at Piccadilly; Mr. Warren's,' Blacking ,Mannfactory, 30, Strand ; Crown aini Alielior Cavern, Strand; P A R t, I A E N T. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY FEB. I ••• h Ana~~ ; 7111 11°11 Mr. KINGsTOK, from tie Stamp-Office, pre sented at the Bar an Account of "'the tmmber of Promissory Notes stamped ft oni the stb of Ja nuary, 1815, to the fish of Jannary, 1818, distin gniShille; the ffltmher stamlied hi each year ; in pursuance' of a recent order of their Lordships. Some roar hie business, chiefly to orders resrmot:indicial'Unsiness , tVas theitkli'sposed of, and the House adjourned till FridAyi cept the ►e Ca st IC Mr. Richardson's, Bookseller,. Royal Exchange. ; 'Mr. Turner's, Furniture Warehouse, 218, ,Whitecliapel • - Road; • • . , Mr, Parke's, Ditto, near the ,Obelisk, Boroturh; r. ttooksel;er, I,tidg put ry, 3 otorY Kiosak, Mr. Dixon's,:frunk-niaber, 237, High Holborn. Gonmittec be; leave to state, that a l the ExpetiSes which have attended the. Meetings, Adveitkements, &c. ne cess::ry to fore,ard the above public object; have been de fr4ed by its origonal Promoter, B. Beaumont. Eq.; but on a suLject of noiretsal concern, which so immediately affects ,th.! interests of the Labouring roor, and which is : so im portant to the who:e body of Victuallers, who desire to COll.- dila their trade on an independent and respectable footing, they..eautiot suffer . ail the Expenses to be borne by a single individual. To prosecute the .subject to a successful conent slot), great Expences.are ncs believed to be necessary, sit to defray socli as arise a sniall Subscription is expedient, for .which purpose Books arc Opened at the above places. • H. SCHULTES, Hun. Secretary. HOUSE OF, COMMONS. Sm'Aii.CT, from Court of Admiralty, presiOnted'l Return of All Ships coga.'4l in 'lie Skye Track, which hove been detaine(l by his 11 jesty's Crnizers.--- 7 -Ordeied to lie on the table Ann to be printed. tanf ii . 311y1411(7, a wl ".. A Person from the Mint presented an Account or all tine Gold and Silver coined in the . Mint during the last year. PARLLIAIENTARN' PAPERS. PRIVATE BELLS. , +h. 'awl S l ' 6 1 • ‘ 2 ':. (.1:0 4 trwe' 134 1 "‘“ 1 00,,t1ors' ii 7,1139- ri L tSW il" g 4(0 1 Ve s " . ode (" 1 ,tt ,o} 14 if ce, 8 ' " rin e ' m. (i it , ecV l GOV tailor" ,rri1;11,1 *NO , ~. - ~ ii «t}e..J L-;tice et* NgT to y. ve 0 0 b c't)a bdr th 6 be' Ces Cfiris`7eht° .0 10 ,03 ,4 itfe t or - or wry" .ASCer s fjorr ugsc r: i r ck,. th , oce eti" v,cts to r a ‘‘. If% Sllr gr . : dot on the ,••• t'rc• o:lcl' f f Ar": o e i )w. IPitl 311( 43,0" OCIA‘OI3' wa y I.e - .. ~ ry !e9 ille ar __,.-- , Co looel _--- 5 Oife . 11 11. FIEF , COW" °Pr ick; OF 0 lirkNA YCL , .tart. '.:';: •kts I6* .1 l ip , PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His 4. 1 1117 lb., JRSTY'S ORDNANCE do her c h, l g ive Notice, that • °P4O IN mill be received at their 'Office ; in Pall. Mall, on . " 1.1. 6e -("re TPednesday: the 18th clay of February next, fr o . 'Thch 'Persons as may he willin.; to undertake . the t7PP.l.trof F..;lGT.ltili and FOREIGN IRON, for Semler. of 9 Department, for a period of three Years, determinable oft, the Expiratio n of the first Yeyr, apart Notice of three 3.tonths, at the option o f eith er P arty. S. e rintens of the _lrtbes may be, viewed. upon A pplica" 6 '14 at site Principal Storekeeper's 6 glee in_the Tower; , and J 6 ctr . ther particulars, tos,rether with. the Terms and Oindi -07! of the C ontract, may be known at • the Secrfgary s 4 ' t ce, in Patt-,1 ajOresaid, any Day between the Hours " Li teie gn'tl Ford, o't, ' loch, _where 'the P ropo s a l s mos t •, e .: -"re(1, sealed _up, and endorsed " Proposals for Iron ; & tt 44 Pra P °B at ca n .b e - admitted after 'the iaid 18th of Fe .t, at Twelve o'Cloch at Noon of the same day ; neither S ul arms 4 Vht re n ' le r 6e noticed, tAe Party making it, en in ,his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Board, 1?. IL CBE' ft'', secretary. ri Crti 1 I (;.OFFICE, Feb' 6, 1818. t r ll / 4 f) ' • M AIISSIONERSfor I IC ru...ILLING ~knt nor i/ 411 ' -2-I , s frY do hereby give , Nottce, 71:1111 the 13th instant, the , lll7 l he read'/ to tcriting (sealed up), and treat for ' O l4 O f Oatmeal, -.III Y ~f Cheese, Thirty T ons of Butter, • Twe nty Tons of Rice, to he answerable to ICa !ilples of not lea than one pound weight each, t o be produced with the Tenders, to 6„ ,• Ten Tons of Virginia Tdbace:), ("I,veredin- the space of one month into his .I.rnjesta i s ! : aill ".4 1 " .s'tores at Deptford; and also One rninsan int erat e ; :* CLOSE-DRIED ANIRER mikur, to be an "`e to S amples (of not less tiuTo o,, , e:quart cavh), in 1 :e ; 4 q4ec eri toith T ender , , „„,1 t o he delivered, one halt' ti 6 inthe space of one month, and 'the other huff kt s T ! 'eri'd 4. 'yin' weeks from the date 'of the Contract, into Stores at Southdown, neer. Ply-. whol e to b e paid , fir by Bills inviable, without j e - .Oarys after date. . rles' "dite° " lice Coat, acts may he seen at the Secre- Xo re , rol wi t T ie l nu( tto arty/ Tender in which the Price I not he inserted in T rorfly WI at len:, or that shall not be the. x‘ .l‘v cred to the Board btf ore One o'Cluele on the sail Friday L" . thst- nor unle ss the P c r s i m who makes the • ), or.r:me Person Qn hi s b e h a lf, attends, to answer tc,fle k called This Day was ptilili,htd, In Oat:Volume 4to with la Plates, 91. 2s. ,- • ACCUUNT of a' VO.YAG 1 - 1; of Disc()vtArtv tr. , t uo ~ 1.... westvn, Coast of C;011EA, and the GREAT k-1100 ISLAND. • . .. By Captain BASIL TI. P.N. F* lt ' S... A. 1.--.............1....iritited for Jon!: M Lianas-, Al bemarie-st reer. AL . L n N, QTYAnftti.i.g DA:;cf NG. No. 19. Slierrartl-s! reet, ' Goide7l - '4ltare, elves Pi 'RUC I.DzSONS and PR:ICTICE .. i „ 1 . 1 1,;„ 4/ 4;;,.." QUA"' LLES,IVALTZ.and COUNTRY DANCKN, 1., , Iced by the select Fashion:ll)l, s of Paris and London. , (i t .T a li i ing.. !Sri% fill- Ladies only, Evening,- sets for Ladies . :I!“ t,,,, 1 ,e'inett. Piivitte Lessons at all Ii to untaught oc.ii! ti,,,,,1'e Popil s ~f ;Inv age wishin.i. privacy, or more expedi titil:pbr refined acquiieicent than Public Lessons eorivey. Fa .1)1,. attles attended. Youth'quali6ed for the Profession or ii e• Ladies instructed to teach their Families, for aid t.!Jhich he tin.. on sale new-invented self7playiriL . , , Instrn , 11,11', eetabiing them to cultivate their own Dwlcine:. gir , 16,,` withutit Nltwiciatis. Or amuse themselves and Friends " !,lusie, by Clock-}vol k• I , •_ ,__.,.. • . () e()IINTERA CT the •niany xs, atterittli's that )4 ~ , !f• daily made t o i mpose on• the unwary a s purious 9t itl instead of the Genuine Blacking, prepared fly 1 1 ,.. , hll,l M ARTIN, they have adopt e d a new l a b el, in *lnch th r ,. 4d drPss, 97, MO, Hollifir”, is so conspicuously placiei, . . 4 3 . ..,` centre, that they trust an iittetitiriti to this, and the. t ~i,le r' e t , f . the type, whi c h i s mi lik e all letter-press, will e porehas.- rs at once to detect the imposition. /),\.''' kcal dapan BLACKING, made au & sold Wholesale by brin.ainl Ni.xitTlN, 97, High Hollinrii, and retailed by the fai,„!'l'4lGrocers. Druggists,'Boolisellers, Iroornon.gers, Per at tki."• nvot-nia!;er, &c. in the United Kingdom, in Bottles rp.• ls. and Is. (Id. each. , ---------________„ , T i, i I'ATEN'I' 1 1 1 11%ItIAL, DININC,-TA it,„l 011,-4N.,. and PATENT RAFALGA . II; SII)E . ROA . RI? S 4 114 ~, ' I\IT,IIILES, in one elegant Piece of urnituie, pi.,;,•iqui rivu iiew,!iffertitt Plana.; the Patent Itnproved Solo 11„,L,:u'd Cll4ir ieds; lirass-serew Four Post, ,and Tent ‘,,,,;,.,;"'1,, Vornitiire and Bedding complete ; Portable t)r f,,,„ 5 r'illl sevir;l.l other new inve:itedand improced articles U Id; • P . " '" E ei 11•!,,a general and very extensive assortment of !'Pletr:Ltv',.v 'illdCalli.-iet Articles for furnishinos Houes cons lrice,7,(LaYY..'ll.antifactiired, wlicre FamiliFs . !lay select and ~,..,' 4.'101, Hoose in e few iliiVS, avoiding the extreme X s l :o,l•4' e " , •: , ' of wailing several ':),iontlis in completing their v 4,0 s Tient. m e. ... ~. shi p , ' West India Atiiel Arms , and Navy, &c. &c. by t.'' ' ' ' l' s .' t iv t l i t „,,_',.'2 4( lers, IN alo 17 '' : Catherine-0 reet, Strand, on '''''L Muiderate, for prompt payment. • SLAVE T.ItAI:?E. The Treaty with Portugal for the Abolition n; Il ke slav e Trade was last eight presenten to the I-10, : se of Commons. !ono vlng are the principal A rticles His Most Faithful Majesty engages, within the spa& of two months after the exchange •of the ratifications of this present,Convention, to • , romul4ate in his capital, and in the other parts of his dominions, as soon as passible, a law, which shad prescribe the';!onishment of any of his subjects, who may in future particirate in an illicit Tratlic of Slaves, and at the same time to renr,w the Prohibition which already exists; to import Slaves into the Brazils, nrider any flag, other than that of Portugal; and his Most Faithful Majesty engages to assimilate, as much as possible, the Legislation of Tortugal is this respect to that of Great Britain. The two High Contracting Powers, for the more complete attainment of their object, namely, .the prevention of all illicit Traffic in Staves, on the part- of their respective sub jects, mutually.consent, that the ships of war of their Royal navies, which shall be provided with special instructions for this purpose, as hereinafter provideil; may visit smell mer chant vessels'of the two nations, as may be suspected, upon reasonable grounds, of having Slaves on board, acquired by an• illicit traffic, and, in the event only of their actually finding Slaves no board, may detain and bring away such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial before the Trihunals established for this purpose, as shall hereinafter be specified, As this Aiticle is entirely reciprocal, the two High Con tracting Parties engage mutually to make good any losses ‘ , llicla their respective subects may incur unjustly, by the arbitrary. and illegal detention of . their vessels. - • I❑ order to bring to adjudication. with the least delay and inconvenience, the vessels which may he detained for having been engaged in an illicit traffic of Slaves, there shall he esta blished, - within the space of a year at furthest from the ex change, of the Ratifications of the present Convention, .two Mixed Commissions, formed of an equal number of individuals of the two nations,' named for this purpose their respective Sovereigns His Uritannic Majesty, in conformity with the stipulations of the Treaty of the 22'd of January 1815, .engages to grant, in the manlier hereafter explained, sufficient indetintidcation to all the Proprietors of Portuguese vessels and cargoes cap tured by British cruizers between the Ist of June 1.914, and the period at which the two Commissions pointed out in Ar: title /5 of the present Convention shall assemble at their re spective posts. H Britanoie Majesty formally engages to pay the 300,000/. ster!ing of indemnification, stipulated by the Convention of the . 21st of January, 1815, in favour of the proprietors of Por tholes., vessels captured by British cruisers, up to the period of the Ist of June, 1814, in two payments. The other Articles of this Treaty are comparatively unim portant. COURT 'OF KING'S BENCH, TuEspAr, FEB. 10. SCOUGALL AND GTHFRS V. CAMPBELL AND OTHERS A Rule having been obtained by the plaintiff to spew ea”'se why the award made in this' cause should not ')e sent hack to ,the arbitrator for re consideration, Mr. SCARLETT this day. sheaved cause, when the Court was of opinion that there were no grounds for the plaintiffs' application, and discharged the Rule Nisi. kyiti) costs. SUDDEN DEATH —Yesterday., about 12: o'clock, a G! , nt !email, dressed in blue, and powdered, suddenly -dropped down at the door of Mr. Par sons, coach plater, in Ilanoiter-street, Long- Acre, and expired. He was immediately re moved to. the nearest public•hoilse, where he was searched in the presence of several rrsuns, and a gold watch found in his fob, a poeket-bOok, containing writings and cards of address, in his great-coat pocket, from which it was discovrered that Hs name was Stewart , at,d ,that he lived in Cavendish square. A messenger was dispatched to hi. family, Who'instantly had the body removed to their residence, and are'in the•greatest affliction in consequence of the melancholy event. The de ceased was about 60 y 4 H's of age. It may be interred, ftom. the great .niunber of Tickets which are bespoke at the Bank, by B . ISH, and some of the - o! her Office-keepers, that several anvetouters have been dreaming of particular num bers, by. means. of which they mean to Court the .smiles of Fortune in the present Lottery : indrecf they bare' been so numerous, that it might be s-pposed a great part of the inhabitants of Lon don had been in a trance ;—that- some of them will be trans-ported with joy, Next Month,, we cannot doubt, for we see that the drawing will begin on the zlib of March, and that amongst 100 Capitals- which Btin has got in his Scheme, there are three of 30,0001. The SrriAnEtt informed the House, that as Fri!'ay teas the last day on which Petitions for • Private Bills email be received, he N%;ould, with leave of the House, take the Chair TO-morrow at half past Three o'clock, and oti Friday at Three o'clock. MISCELLANEOUS. Sir JAMES SHAW brought in •a to authorize I►e Building of additional Gaols within the City of London, for the reception.oi Debt ors .—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time. On the motiort,of Mr. GRENF6I.I., there was ordered to be laid before the House a return of the Licenses granted to Country Banks, to enable them to issue Promissory Notes payable on de manol. The Hon. - Gentleman took the opportu nity to repeat, that it was his opinion Country Banks .ought.to be encouraged. The Exchequer Bills Bill for raising 30,000,0001. was read a second time, and ordered to he. corn- Milted to-morrow. , Sir THOMAS ACLAND presented a -petition from the 4ttornies of the County of .Devon, praying that a 'La tv,rnight he passed to restrain unqualified persons from acting as Conveyancers.—Read,,,and ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. BENNET, there was or der... 4 to be laid before the 1-lonse a return of the Amount of, the Fees and Ennoluments of the Gaolers of the dill. rent Gaols in Ireland during the last three years. Mr. MELusu obtained leave to bring in a Bilk to regulate__ the remunet allot) of Coroners. General Tuottt4Tos objected to any such gin,' as Coroners were already suff.iciently well paid. The Bill was broUght in and read a first time. Mr. CALCRAFT moved for a Committee to in quire into the propritty of providing some tenni berr ion for the. Constables in attendance on Par ii4ment during its Session ; but on tbesoggestion of Mr. BANKEs, that no.petition' praying for re muneration had been presented trout those: per sons, the Motion was for the present .withdrawn. Tire Malt Duty Bill tvas read.a second time. — Committee to-morrow. GANIING-HOUSES. Mr. OGLE brought in a Bill for the prevention of Gambling, awl to regulate Gaining Houses, which was read a first time.—After the Bill was lead, . .Air. LYTTLETON expressed mitch surprise at fiudiug that the. Bill contained a clause authoris ing the licensing of.parnitig Houses. He little e?c peeted to.fiod such - a:clause in any Bill introduced into that House—a clause, the purport of which was to follow the detestable practice .of:Conti nental States, of legalizing the vice of' g a mbling, and deriving a revenue from it. If there were no other clauses in the Bill to obviate the objections to this"one., he would. decidedly oppose it. The Bill was ordered to•be printed, and to be read a second time to-morrow SLAVE TRADE. Lord CASTLRREAGIL by command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, presented to the y Utilise a Copy of the Treaty concluded in Feb. 18)5, with 144 Most Faithful. Majesty. (Portugal), together with the separate Articles.—Ordered to he on the table, and to be- printed— Capt. WALDFGRAVE, referring to the 3d Article of this Treaty, which related to the tribunal be fore which offences agaiust the Treaty were to be tried, Lord CASTLEREAGH deemed the objection un founded, as the Hon. Gentleman seemed not to advert w the circunist►+uce that the tribunal was 10 be a mixed one, composed of subjects of each of the contincting Powers. PUBLIC RETRENCHMENT. LUSHINGTON ,presented the Third Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire•what retrenchments might be made in the salaries of officers, and what offices could be abolished con nected with the Courts of Justice in Scotland. Lord A. 1-JAMILTON observed, that the .Com 7 tnissioners, whose Report was now presented, had been sitting for three years, and had how only made three Reports. He wished to know what ef fective step had been taken by these Commissioners towards abolishing offices or curtailing salaries ? If, as he apprehended the fact to be, they had taken no effective measure, the object of appoint itig the Commissioners was defeated, and the coun try might be saved the expence of supporting these Commissioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXcurattEß said, that he could give very little Antormation re specting the proceedings of the Commissioners. AU that he knew was, that the subject was un der the anxio us con sid era ti on o f th e S ecre t a ry of State, aucUte was sure that any steps recommend ed-by the CominissiOners would be immed,atcly adopted.' The Repot t as then ordeted to be printed.. BANK TOKENS. On . the motion for th'e 'Comuiittee of cup dy, Mr. EAFIINUTON 'visited to know 'eh , any measures were arranged tot' calling in !nu ~ank To!: ens now in •eirctilat ion ' The' CHANCELLnit of the EXCHEQUER s . aid„ the Hon. Gentleman mist' have ton of 'Ow he (the Chancellor') tad stated to*the FL'ust: In 'reply to some oliStJvationS of 'an H•m. tit•o: I, nr ;r ; (\ll% Curwen) a tew days ago. Two yea's must yet elipie before tile time during which tl:e err (llot:on of Bank T.,kens was atithorised, and therefore there was sufficient . 'tiMe to make 'al-- r.ane . .rments to obviate any inerinveniencein with dra ttat part of the currency from tion, e had much pleasure in stating that art arrangement had already been made in the l'ost- Ofike, by which much facility wonli he afforded in recalling the Tokens now - in circulation Mr. CutiwsNi thought it would he 'very conve and attended with very little ex pence. it Go vet n'ineni would send a sufficient quantity of er to the prineipil towns throughout the kingdom, to be'exchanged for tokeiti': 'After a few words 'from Mr. MANNING, the COnVers'ation dropped. TREATY WITH SPAIN. The House having res-olved into a Committee of Supply, LOl4 CASTLEREAGH said, that after the discus sion which the Treaty with Spain had already un dergone, in now rising to more for a grant to carry thaCcreaty into effect, he did not think it necessary to make any observation further than that he would be-happy to answer atly questions which might be put to- him on the subject. He then moved," That a sum not less than 400,0001. be granted to his Majesty for the pur;)ose of car rying into effect the Treaty with his Most Catho lic Majesty." • Mr. LYTTLETON said, he did not rise to oppose the:motion, or to say any thing to disturb the al most perfect unanimity of the House in its ap probation of this Treaty. What he wished to say was, that lie had been instructed to take the ear liest opportunity.of asking the nature of our corn. Inercial•relations with Spain. We were now about to grata a bonus to - Spaita, and the whole tenor of this Treaty seemed to-firmly that a closer and more cordial relation. subsisted between us and . the Court of Madrid than.lnere peace anti amity. Yet from some facts which had come to his knowledge, he was surprised to . find that British mereftants had been treated by.the Spanish G,,vernrmlit with much severity.. In the cotton trade, for instance, it had been the policy of Spain to exclude all in tercourse with the merchants of this country ; but this was so well known that there was no grimed to complain of any peculiar hardship. on that head. 'Articles of linen and woollen ma nu fact ore were. also so heavily taxed, as to be almost en tirely excluded from the Spanish market. And in the iron trade, if ht was rightly informed, the alloy upon- its admission to the Spanidi market was as high as 110 per cent. on the actual wake of the article. This system of exclusion carried to such a height sheaved a great want of cowmen, cial friend-hip towards is on the part of Spain: But. the main ground of complaint was still m• ro aggravated. It was•that the utmost caprice was manifested by the Government of that country in issuing it:-regulAtions. prohibiting the admission of certain articles of British produce. The .former practice of the Spanish IGovernment was, to give six moths notice of the prohibition of any article of trade. Bat of late these prohibitioni bad been so suddenly issued, snit so rigidly acted upon, that ruinous hisses bad been occasioned to the British merchants, by depriving them of a market. for those goods which had actually arrived at Spanish ports before any prohibition was issued. This was so serious a commercial grievance, that he trtived every endeavour would he made in the way of negoCiation to put an end to it. He therefore wished•to know .from the Noble Lord opposite, whether any such endeavour had been made, and what was the result ? Lord CANTLEREAGH. — The tint). Member very properly tiktinguished the subject to which his question referred from the ►notion before the Com mittee. In reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, he muss say that belamented as much as any one that the commercial principles which regulated the conduct of the Spanish Govern went were of so confined and mistaken trnature, principles which had now been quite exploded its the politics of this country, and which he hoped would not long maintain their ground in any European . Cabinet. At the same time we ought . to show some indulgence towards the Spanish Government even on this score, considering that we,otu•selves had not long since acted upon II:e very same mistaken principles in many of our, commercial regulations. The British Government had endeavoured, as much as possible, to con vince Spain th.St the principles on which she acted were utterly fallacious, and that the whole duties in her tariff were fixed on mistaken notions.: With the view of effecting a general improvement in our commercial relations with that country, two proposals were made by the 13ritish Cabinet. But he was sorry to say that nothing decis:ve had yet been done with respect to these proposals ; nor could lie positively state that any measures were in progress with the view of acceding tot hem. With respect to the particular branches of trade mentioned by the Hon. Gentlemat►, he was not aware of any recent change made by the Spanish Government in the duty on cotton, which had been the cause of any special hardship to British merchants. No man could regret more than 1 did that Spain had placed such restrictions on, the